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J. PJWINSLOW & T. oseroonj MAKING'HORSE SHOES AND BENDING IRON No.3,217. Patented Aug. 11, 1843.

i UNITED sis-Arena :oiinion.

JOHN 'F. LINSLOVV AND -THOSWQSGOODy 0F TROY,"NEW YORK.

5:MAGHI1\TE FOR FoRMiNG HORSESHQES; G'I fAIN-LINKSrWc.

Specification ofiiLetterstPatent No. 3,217rd8f66dmfi11g115l1 1.1, 1843.

To all whom it may concern: Be it known that we, J oI-IN F. TVINSLOXVand THOMAS Oseooo, both of the city of Troy, in the county of'Rensselaer and. State of New York, have invented a new andusefulMachine for .Making Horseshoes and Bending the Links for Chains; and wedo hereby declare that the following is a full, clear, and exactdescription thereof, reference being had to the accompanying drawing,which forms a part of this specification, in which Figure 1, is aperspective view. Fig. 2, is the bed plate detached, and shows also thelever which works the under die or former (c) in its relative positionwith the bed plate. Fig. 3, side levers attached to part of the slidingframe. Fig. 4, die for creasing and punching the shoe in an invertedposition with the lever D, afi ixed thereto. 7 Fig. 5 the lever which isplaced under the bed plate having the lower die or former attached. Ineach of the figures like parts are desig nated by the same letters ofreference.

The machine is constructed of cast iron,

the moving parts being sustained by an oblong frame A, raised on fourlegs. In this frame a bed piece B, is affixed a more clear delineationof which is shown in Fig. 2; on each of the back corners of this bedpiece are two guides (e) which have their inner faces curve inward for apurpose hereafter named at the hinder end; near the front end of theplate a U formed projection rises, in the center of which there is asimilar formed hole through the plate which is filled by the former (c)the sides of this former being the proper shape for a horse-shoe or linkof chain; to the lower end of the former a lever Gr (see F ig- 5) isjointed which extends back to a fulcrum about its center it then risesup a little above the bed plate, the fulcrum is attached to the bedplate underneath and is not shown in the drawing.

Near the rear end of the bed piece two posts K are attached, one on eachside, to the frame; these serve for bearings to a shaft (Z) from which acurved arm D, extends back and down to a cam E hereafter de scribed inthe center of the shaft (Z) an arm projects forward which is connectedwith a link (m) that couples it with the punch (a) which punch is a i edto the end of a lever ,D, on an axle D5, which has it bearings Jin',jtheazshortaposts Ii attached to. the sides of the frame just behindthose marked K.

At the front end of the frame are two guides (51, 9,) and behind theposts K are two similar guides (g, 9,); in these four guides a slidingframe F moves back and forth by means of a pitman H jointed to its backcross bar which connects it with a sunk crank on a shaft E the bearingsof which are at the extremeend of. the frame. To the front cross barofthe sliding frame two side levers C are jointed at (f, f,) theselevers lay between the sides of the sliding frame and extend a littlebelow it being thicker than the sides; these levers are, more clearlyshown at Fig. 3. Each of them has two horizontalmortises in it, theforward one being the longest, and in its forward end is placed afriction roller (6) the hinder mortise is filled with a friction rollerwhen the parts of the machine are in place, the loose ends of theselevers lay between the guide pieces (6) affixed to the bed piece,against which they are borne by the springs (c l 1,) the rollers (cl)only touching said guide pieces. On the frame A just forward of theposts K, there is a rest a) where the bar of iron is fed in one side ofthis rest has a cutter (a) of steel attached to it and to the slidingframe F, there is another cutter (f) between which the bar is brought;the bar is then passed through the slots in the levers behind therollers (b) and in front of the former (c) the sliding frame F is i thendrawn back by the revolution of the crank on the shaft E the cutter (f)comes in contact with the bar and cuts it off and the two ends are bentaround the former by the rollers (b), the leversC, at the same timebeing forced inward as they advance by the curves (6) onthe bed piece,and set the bar of iron up to the former (c) the cam E on the shaft Ethen strikes the tail of leveriD, and forces down the punch (a) whichcompletes the shoe, the punch at the same time forcing down the former(c) and freeing the shoe from it the former is brought back into placeby lever G striking the frame F; the punch is raised by a spring (0)attached to the tail of lever D which brings it down. The shaft E has abalance wheel I on it, and is turned by any motive power.

The iron is rolled out suitable for the article to be manufactured andwhen it is hot it is fed into the machine. It Will be observed that itWill receive a form corresponding mainly to that of the inclined guides(e) on the bed piece and the former 5 (0) hence if a horse shoe is to bemade these should be prepared to suit its particular figure. If the linkof a chain is to be formed the curves must correspond to its form.

What We claim as our invention and de- 10 sire to secure by LettersPatent is 1. The combination of the levers (G, C,)

constructed and arranged as herein set forth With the former (a) in themanner and for the purpose herein described.

2. We also claim in combination with the 15 above the sliding framehaving a cutter attached as before specified.

J NO. F. WINSLOW.

THOS. O-SGOOD.

Witnesses HIRAM TAYLOR, H. V. \V. MARTIN,

